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The ‘23 T Is 100

THE 1923 Ford Model T is 100 years old. The Roadster body, which hot rodders worldwide know as the T-bucket, was the same from 1921 to 1925.

Of course, the Model T was produced for 19 years, from 1908 to 1927, during which time approximately 15,000,000 Model T cars were produced. Henry Ford revolutionised the automobile industry, mass producing a car many Americans could afford, with parts and used cars readily available. The Model T soon became a favourite with the hop-up enthusiast.

You'd think the amount of available speed equipment for Model Ts would have been limited. But, in fact, it was the opposite. In the

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